Telegram-herald., 1887-10-23
POINTS OH PEARLS


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sss 49, ~lasioss "a Bread Eag % sees a-f=.
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tissss sheils tx alI attaf gNrp1se rsaa - oe
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sssportsr. rxpFsssssi 1st0nislinlsns as tie pro
fgand isaoFaEer - ~ mply gsrsons in -
earf - tns eif8rs1t l0eahsses from witch
psasfeAei,s cane 4Dd fns 8ul,ir@1 an1 sns
Tsorpo-~s for vh.ch sbsY arc azed
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saz vsAIoCs KINDS
~fhs sssl.s ealeh poszaa commercial
Valu8 are s4oNa ID 90 trade ~ 49, Manila.
Australian. bombay, Ja4aa. Eat India.
Trorls Chinsss snail tia. 49, red ear. and
Panama, several II thess spee.ss are pearl
bearlng sla'i srt arc enlF oosa.ussi ~ ef3-
fessionai divers a1 .so i.nmsaeus rlsk q tae.r
hses May ~ saeso olFaig-s 40 ssfy as-sy.
weighing lons1iaies ixas Or ,sn Doanls The
niolossl r,s aatlse GETS ol.e ashoss As ferces
4 olan, sn1, carefully removing tas hsiBx
inAao.l4nt. esrs.aiig seaFcAas far any ps4Fl
i1 my contain. sof 9niy lbs sasi, az ssa
about IT, hinge. out 10 nisat sr Ca wiraia =
t1or1g q g staaaned tgt t8e pesfi usyhs 10
segsfed a. lFsqlleal.y lao ease, .n lie oo.ig.
Th.s s<.la.nal.ou oser, the s-eis a. aid
asii3 - erF having afss Lsea t1sfo1gAiy
c.eaued. The aasst shell for manufacturing
purposes eamea from tha Fbllypins islsHds
ana = eellod 80 Maaia. lt vanses in price
from 4xtY - seventy ave- cents a polud. and
= used fsr making dress ard sAsrs buttons.
pistol stocxs, eur hulsons. parasol and uEa-
bgs..a h4saiiss. PEN hanals-. stads. and scores
of otaer Atlc.ea A taln v-ueesiag b also
zoats of lt. whirh - worth 81 q pound, aad
= used for I1ay.s1g ths covers CT albums and
fancy csoinss work. Taese veneerinxs are
fairly aazzii-z s.lh rsiatoa hu-s, sad sfen
lightly polished are <xce-ding.y beautiful
Whea ws naVe Fos al ts~se arglclss cat ol
ina sile1 lhsrs IS very 4tss u t4o she'll re-
slainlDg
"a ffsre any difiicuity OF danger attending
she gathering ot tAese sheilsf'
= Ahoud rather say thsrs Wa There Is
ems speeiss u shell shaped Ike an ear. ealiel
ths sllv~r and rel Ear. n ms si1cs Il which
ars snail holes, aud thr0a<h s1cse. by means
of long suckers. tas Hsh fss1ens himsslf 10 a
rock. Wheo he tie has pretty nearly run
out tas natives g down among the rocks
and. wstes<ag tA-ir opportunity, catch hold
q tho upper sell which toe sbeiifish keeps
oper. Uaiess hs succees.s in the first instance
In puli.ag q fron its resting place the animal
viii cl0ss ia shell ia a secoad. -nd ths mans
fingers will ~ held thers in a viss like grip
In that csss the nnfortuaats pearl gatbersr
wiz h4vs 70 staad up - BIS kiisss In water
unless 30 Gus of h.s imprisoned ipgers. for
tho shell csRn0t 5s pred Opeo. nor can three
nasn. with their united strength. pull bis
sHleksrs frexa tss roch The shell Is - harl
tbss it Is next % impossibis % smash t.
There the poor fellow IS he'd IN agony until
the tl3e rises. when. unisss Re frees himself
~ cboppink 1ly bis finger ends aud leaving
them Tor ths animal TO dine en-. 10 is sure TO
Be drowned
rEARL NAxuFAcTUeENG.
~Aftsr rhs sliclls have b>sn thoroughly
SEARCHED for p~aris. th-T ass cieansed and
PACKED in cases - soouttro hundred pounds
each. and shigp-d 70 Eaxsnd. France. or this
country Great ingenuity and ioiix expert
encs are required 20 bscssis an expert In
pearl shsi working When a aanufacturer
receives an ordsr Tor a i0s q cur busteas he
il sometimes obliged @ overhaul dozens OF
cases in orisr 70 obtain th0so q .hs required
taie kn>Ss, and thee rot n1ors th2n three or
four buttons rsn he drilled sus Of th- heaviest
she'll But then nothing goes - waste. lor
snail buttons ssd other articles are usds
from the rhiaser part-, snd then. By means
Of a circular aw. ths 'scrsp is cut Tor inlay
ing or ysne-inE Pistol stocks r-guirs the
very beavisss she'll A pearl worker In This
city, having some t4ms ags received sn order
from an army oficer FOR pear handed -
voiver. vas obliged 70 overhaul nearly
whe's ship lad before hs could end two
She's n tae required thickness lie rsceivd
tioo for shas pistol stock
sTbe business of peari manufacturing r.
compsratveiy new IN tais couatry, ard the
profts sre 70 isrss thas Tiers IS q tendency %
m9aopolIre thc iDiestrv. Ia consequence ali
sorts Of devices are ressrs.5 - Ia order - ol,-
tain tho aarsnrszs Soma sims ago large
houss la this cify housht cargo 81 pearl
shells g arrive a. 60 een-s pound While
shs vs-ssi >-ssa transit tas rsrkss Zen about
a. cents Il wss lucky thing Ter tas house
fhat tbs vssesi f1gnllsresi or tns Caps of
Coed Here. fsr the concer1 would certainly
hsvs foun.ierri bed the .hip come safely %
pcrt Nsrufsrf1rer~ here prefer waiting far
lots Of rsarl sssis Cd arrive a. tbs BORT direct
fren ,he ashefiss. instead ~ orisrfax from
r.sr,isn knowing that re shells sre esscrts,i
there Al .he -i0ieest prFel ont f1r tae
Fn4iish Huj Frruch MARKETS. There afs
several lafse uarnfact1fiss q rcsri work ia
Nswsrz Fhiis,iey .isa. 6srnanfovn. and ir
this city, and since the establishment of tais
industry here ,he importation e p>ari but-
tors frorn England has greatly sa.ien CT. ~
Naw Trr< Commercial A A.1rF. user.
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The essflaef aettVstirr Fanorsr1a com
panv tclarsl a dirtie ieut sa;fh e1ras 81 par
cert CT csrital ef seo GO Though the
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